Simon McNeil
@simonm223.bsky.social
Artist, critic, weirdo pomo leftist.
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"Wonder drug" Ozempec gets massively over-prescribed so that people can match an arbitrary aesthetic standard. Class action lawsuits over gastro-intestinal chaos follows.
Lawsuits pile up accusing weight-loss drugs of severe side effects
Lawsuits pile up accusing weight-loss drugs of severe side effects
Lawsuits pile up accusing weight-loss drugs of severe side effects
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January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"Wonder drug" Ozempec gets massively over-prescribed so that people can match an arbitrary aesthetic standard. Class action lawsuits over gastro-intestinal chaos follows.
I think it's really funny that the line Hell's Paradise draws in the sand is putting nipples on naked people. Showing them doing ritual sex magic fully nude: fine. Areolae being visible? Not even once.
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
January 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I think it's really funny that the line Hell's Paradise draws in the sand is putting nipples on naked people. Showing them doing ritual sex magic fully nude: fine. Areolae being visible? Not even once.
Here's a cool dragon I sketched in my spare time today.
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Here's a cool dragon I sketched in my spare time today.
I still bring it up once in a while but the USA is effectively the state policy equivalent of a gish gallop.
it is incredible how everyone just moved on from the fact the US kidnapped another country’s president and is now effectively the puppet master of the government it left in power
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I still bring it up once in a while but the USA is effectively the state policy equivalent of a gish gallop.
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A Black and Muslim lawyer says that Durham police ripped off her hijab and slammed her head into a desk. She was finishing up legal work in an interview room when it happened “without provocation.”
Lawyer alleges Durham Region police violently assaulted her, dragged her to cells in Oshawa courthouse | CBC News
A lawyer says she was left bloody and swollen after multiple Durham regional police officers allegedly slammed her head on a desk without provocation, ripped off her head scarf and dragged her to the ...
www.cbc.ca
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
A Black and Muslim lawyer says that Durham police ripped off her hijab and slammed her head into a desk. She was finishing up legal work in an interview room when it happened “without provocation.”
If you love soccer boycott the world cup.
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
If you love soccer boycott the world cup.
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Centrists’ constant delusion that their votes being pandered to is a sign that their democracy is fine is what makes them the most easily controlled subjects of fascism.
November 16, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Centrists’ constant delusion that their votes being pandered to is a sign that their democracy is fine is what makes them the most easily controlled subjects of fascism.
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Many centrists’ view of themselves as a hard-nosed pragmatist who stands as a bulwark against the dangers of idealism is in reality about as idealistic as one can get. It just doesn’t feel that way to them because those ideals regard suffering as the measure of a good compromise.
Centrists’ constant delusion that their votes being pandered to is a sign that their democracy is fine is what makes them the most easily controlled subjects of fascism.
November 16, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Many centrists’ view of themselves as a hard-nosed pragmatist who stands as a bulwark against the dangers of idealism is in reality about as idealistic as one can get. It just doesn’t feel that way to them because those ideals regard suffering as the measure of a good compromise.
This seems very bad.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
January 28, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This seems very bad.
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In Canada we have been consistently asked to "hold our noses" and vote for the "lesser evil" since 2015. When do we get to have non-evil elected representatives?
“Choose the lesser evil” is meant to provide basic moral calculus to use of your last resort in extreme circumstances.
It is NOT grounds to let an entire political system conflate “evil” with “legitimacy” forever.
Ask a nearby 11 year old to explain if you’re struggling with this difficulty level.
It is NOT grounds to let an entire political system conflate “evil” with “legitimacy” forever.
Ask a nearby 11 year old to explain if you’re struggling with this difficulty level.
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
In Canada we have been consistently asked to "hold our noses" and vote for the "lesser evil" since 2015. When do we get to have non-evil elected representatives?
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Either evil is disqualifying for you or it isn‘t. When is it they say it prevails again?
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Either evil is disqualifying for you or it isn‘t. When is it they say it prevails again?
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“Choose the lesser evil” is meant to provide basic moral calculus to use of your last resort in extreme circumstances.
It is NOT grounds to let an entire political system conflate “evil” with “legitimacy” forever.
Ask a nearby 11 year old to explain if you’re struggling with this difficulty level.
It is NOT grounds to let an entire political system conflate “evil” with “legitimacy” forever.
Ask a nearby 11 year old to explain if you’re struggling with this difficulty level.
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
“Choose the lesser evil” is meant to provide basic moral calculus to use of your last resort in extreme circumstances.
It is NOT grounds to let an entire political system conflate “evil” with “legitimacy” forever.
Ask a nearby 11 year old to explain if you’re struggling with this difficulty level.
It is NOT grounds to let an entire political system conflate “evil” with “legitimacy” forever.
Ask a nearby 11 year old to explain if you’re struggling with this difficulty level.
Inyana Folarin Iman is a former Brexit party member who was anti-BLM who believes structural racism no longer exists. Her previous byline include Spiked and the Daily Mail. This is a perfect exemplar of Weiss' newsroom.
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Inyana Folarin Iman is a former Brexit party member who was anti-BLM who believes structural racism no longer exists. Her previous byline include Spiked and the Daily Mail. This is a perfect exemplar of Weiss' newsroom.
This would be my top recommendation in the genre.
3) i don't speak german with @danielharper.bsky.social and @timescarcass.bsky.social. listens to nazi podcasts and examines their drama, triumphs and cope
podcasts.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This would be my top recommendation in the genre.
Yup. If AI shot shows up in a search result I scroll on past.
I've been hearing this refrain lately about AI-
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Yup. If AI shot shows up in a search result I scroll on past.
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I would really recommend this conversation about the crisis facing the field of genocide studies, because too many people are unwilling to acknowledge (or support) a present day genocide
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My conversation with @maricohen.bsky.social associate editor at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social is now up on the public feed.
One of the most important conversations I've had all year. A fascinating/sad/mindbending discussion about the rifts forming within Genocide Studies & more.
One of the most important conversations I've had all year. A fascinating/sad/mindbending discussion about the rifts forming within Genocide Studies & more.
Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide? (Ft. Mari Cohen)
Polite Conversations · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I would really recommend this conversation about the crisis facing the field of genocide studies, because too many people are unwilling to acknowledge (or support) a present day genocide
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Holocaust remembrance culture is of course in crisis because organizations like this one support an ongoing genocide and think that 'never again' does not apply to everyone.
January 27, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Holocaust remembrance culture is of course in crisis because organizations like this one support an ongoing genocide and think that 'never again' does not apply to everyone.
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Now the *US Holocaust Museum* is chiming in to smear Zohran via subtweet. One of the board of trustees of this same organization says the ppl of Gaza are collectively guilty and not worthy of any mercy.
January 27, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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One of the *board of trustees* of the *US Holocaust museum* says the people of Gaza are collectively guilty and not worthy of any mercy.
I mean it is bleak. How can this be? US Holocaust museum has Genocidal board members?!
What does the term Never Again even mean to them?
I mean it is bleak. How can this be? US Holocaust museum has Genocidal board members?!
What does the term Never Again even mean to them?
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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The exceptionalism is deeply alarming, and this organization in particular has been horrific.
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The exceptionalism is deeply alarming, and this organization in particular has been horrific.
Me, trying tp persuade my family to try a new TTRPG. (Board games are easier because they don't involve novel-sized rule books or the threat acting is part of play.)
I thought of this while reading the chase rules in the Call of Cthulhu Keeper's Rulebook last week.
Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun
SCHENECTADY, NY—Repeatedly seeking to ease his friends’ growing skepticism and disinterest, local man Joel Mayhew peppered his explanation of the rules of the board game Pandemic with reassurances tha...
theonion.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Me, trying tp persuade my family to try a new TTRPG. (Board games are easier because they don't involve novel-sized rule books or the threat acting is part of play.)
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Fundamentally theocracy is wrong anywhere and everywhere. People's spiritual beliefs are whatever they are but the crime against humanity being waged by the Warhammer Guys and Women Who Like Latin and Veils, is the belief that their faith should become imperial.
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Fundamentally theocracy is wrong anywhere and everywhere. People's spiritual beliefs are whatever they are but the crime against humanity being waged by the Warhammer Guys and Women Who Like Latin and Veils, is the belief that their faith should become imperial.